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"So how's she flying." asked Mal.

"Her thrusters are intact and the engines are turning but there's one problem."

I hope it's not those damn couplings.thought Mal. " what seems to be our matter of distress."

"My feet get to cold when they hit the floor panels."answered River in a voice over come by sorrow.

Mal laughed to himself then said."I thought we were having ourselves some good flyting but i guess cold feet spoiled that notion. He went to the locker that sat beside the bridge doorway and fetches a blanket then placed on the floor in front of the copilots seat that River had taken a liking to." that should take care of this little matter your graceful feet have encountered."He smiled to himself ruefuly thinking about how Simon's little youngster always found away to make a little chink a great big deal. Mal had grown to liking the little girl that was once a little fugitive, even before she started coming around Mal started liking her. "So how much longer till we reach Haven."

"About to days. Forty-eight hours seven minutes and sixteen seconds to be exact." Replied River with a voice that sounded like every man, woman, and child in the 'verse should now when exactly every destination was reached no matter where they were headed.

"HUH"was the only thing that truged its way into Mals mind.

After collecting himself from Rivers calculation he said." Well the rest of the crew should be having a mighty fine breakfast up in the kitchen so why don't we go along and join them.

" Sure, Maybe I can help prepare since Jayne made Kaylee make it again. Kaylee's nice and all but her eggs aren't to my fancy."

" Sounds like a plan." Mal seems to have gotten used to the fact that River new everything that went on even without being in the same room or even on the same planet.

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A might later River and Mal joined the rest of the crew inside the dining area. Kaylee seemed powerfully grateful when River offerd her assistance. River didn't tell her why she